Cheryl Cole flashed a glimpse of a new tattoo on her back as she entered the X Factor studios for rehearsals this week.

The 27-year-old Girls Aloud beauty's studded leather jacket rode up her back as she made her way into the studios in north London, displaying what appeared to be a ribbon etched around an existing butterfly design on the small of her back, the Sun reports.

Cheryl clearly has a passion for body art as she already has six other tattoos including 'Mrs C' written on her neck (a remnant from her marriage to Ashley) a barbed-wire design on her right thigh, a tribal design on her hand and one on her bottom.

Her sixth tattoo was spotted on her upper-left thigh, of what appeared to be a tail, peeping out from her skirt when she unveiled her waxwork at Madame Tussauds last month.